James Harden became the butt of social media jokes last season when a video surfaced which pointed out his lackluster defensive efforts. Harden has even since acknowledged that his defense could use some improvement.
But Rockets GM Daryl Morey isn’t amused. He thinks that video and Harden’s criticism are unfair.
“For whatever reason, it has taken on a life of its own,” Morey says about the criticism about Harden’s defense. “You’ve got people doing a 10-minute YouTube clip that everyone references, and I just ask anyone, ‘Take your worst 10 minutes from your job the last year and just take those worst 10 minutes and put them in a YouTube clip.’ I’m guessing it wouldn’t come out very well for anybody. That, to me, was completely unfair. That bothered me in a big way. Without context, you can grab 10 minutes of anyone and make them look like (expletive). I think reality TV proves that.”
H/T: USA Today
